"Don't worry, I won't leave you," Rosen said, having expected her reaction as he gently stroked her head.
At first Rosen felt nothing special toward the Primordial Spirit.
But after treating her like a child for only a few days, the Primordial Spirit had already grown deeply attached to him.
At the very least, far more attached than Rosen was to her.
Thinking of this, Rosen chuckled and asked, "In that case, would you like to become my Familia, Mio?"
"I do!"
Mio didn't know what Familia meant, yet she agreed without hesitation.
All she understood was that this was the only way to stay by Rosen's side.
"Good."
Seeing her consent, Rosen stopped wasting time.
A Golden Holy Spear wreathed in Holy Light appeared in his hand, and he told Mio to lift her garment from her abdomen.
At the request, a faint blush colored Mio's cheeks.
Though still childlike in mind, she knew the proprieties between boys and girls.
Yet in her heart Mio already deemed Rosen the most important person in her life; even had he asked her to bear his child right now, she would have agreed a thousand times over.
"It won't hurt, but it might tickle a little."
Rosen aimed the spear at Mio's lower abdomen and pierced gently.
The next second,
power from the tree of life flooded into Mio's body, and intricate, abstruse Holy Runes surfaced rapidly.
Because Mio's Foundation was already strong, inscribing the runes brought no real improvement.
But Rosen quickly extracted one of the quanta from the tree of life.
Within the golden orb shone a divine halo and might.
The quanta Foundation.
Cornerstone of all phenomena and basis of dreams.
As the absolute bedrock of the material and spiritual worlds, it holds complete sovereignty over "reality" itself.
The choice among the ten quanta is not from bottom to top, nor is the power within them a simple scale of weak to strong.
Apart from the highest "Crown," the other nine quanta are equal in strength; they differ only in the abilities they bestow.
And among the remaining quanta, this one resonated with Mio the most, so Rosen selected it for her.
"What is this?"
Mio's eyes widened.
She sensed boundless, vast power inside the sphere—far stronger than any Angel she possessed.
far stronger than any Angel she possessed.
"This is one of my quanta, called Foundation. After you fuse with it you'll become my highest-ranking Familia, and—"
Before he finished, Mio snatched the quanta.
The next instant it merged into her palm.
Sacred brilliance burst from her body, and immense Divine Power flooded every part of her.
"Then I can stay with you forever, right, Rosen?!"
Emotion overflowed in Mio's eyes.
"Yes. From now on you're my senior Seraph. As long as you wish, you can remain at my side."
Rosen nodded.
Just like the God of the Bible in the DXD World—she still slumbers within the quanta he provided.
Yet Rosen could summon her anytime he desired.
As for his first contracted senior Seraph, Esdeath, she now reigns as Empress of the new Empire, so he hadn't brought her along.
Hearing this, joy bloomed across Mio's face; unable to restrain herself, she dashed into Rosen's arms.
After merging the quanta, her feelings for Rosen didn't increase—only because her affection was already maxed out.
While hugging Mio, Rosen also checked the changes inside himself. (Read thrilling novels—only on Feilu Novel Network!)
He had now lit three quanta.
The ignition of the third further elevated his Divine Power.
Where before he could effortlessly annihilate a nation or scour the planet's surface, he could now shatter an entire world with ease.
He had also Awakened Foundation's unique power.
Within his Domain—formed by eroding space into his divine kingdom—he could freely rewrite physical Laws, dimensional structures, even historical events.
Yet more importantly, this quanta embodied the bedrock of creation and a god's inventive might.
It enhanced Rosen's ability to materialize imagination, letting him craft things previously impossible.
Such as living beings.
Though these creations possessed only the simplest intellect—much like robots.
After briefly digesting his new abilities, Rosen returned his attention to reality.
He had noticed Tokisaki Kurumi's arrival.
While Rosen had been guiding Mio around, Tokisaki Kurumi had sneaked off to spy on her childhood self and her best friend Yamada Sawa.
After several days of peeping, she returned to ask how Rosen's "education" was progressing.
Only to walk in on the two of them embracing.
This immediately made Tokisaki Kurumi feel like she had been 'cheated on'.
After all, whether it was getting to know him or spending time with him, she was there first, but why... Just then, Tokisaki Kurumi was enveloped by a Holy Light, quickly regaining her clarity.
Rosen looked at her with a strange expression: "Why was your expression so odd just now?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering if I needed to avoid this situation for now?"
"Not yet."
Rosen shook his head.
(Good Zhao's) More importantly, it's time to solve your problem.
"Oh? Did you succeed?"
When the serious matter was brought up, Tokisaki Kurumi immediately became energetic.
Rosen didn't answer, but instead looked at Mio, whose face was flushed in his arms, and said, "Mio, you should be quite familiar with Tokisaki Kurumi by now, right? Can you separate the spirit crystal that corresponds to her?"
Through their interactions over the past few days, Mio already knew that Rosen and Tokisaki Kurumi were travelers from the future.
Therefore, she also roughly knew what relationship Tokisaki Kurumi had with her.
"I can, but... the spirit crystal separated this way cannot be used directly by humans. If they can't bear it, unexpected results might occur."
In the original work, the so-called unexpected results were monsters formed by those who couldn't bear the power of the spirit crystal.
Yamada Sawa was one such example.
However, Rosen was 100% confident in purifying the spirit crystal.